Source: November 16, 2009: Online Work Bee

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#### Agenda
- Ordering the 30 copies of *Parable of the Sower* for OryCon
  - [Brandon](/Brandon) looked on Amazon, has $60 gift card but shipping alone would be over $30 to be safe
  - Look into getting them from Powell's instead
- Who will person our booth, and when?
  - [Ben](/Ben), [Brandon](/Brandon), [Shelley](/Shelley), [Mark](/Mark)?
- [OnePagePlan](/OnePagePlan) issues?
  - Ben's friend Lewis said his dad says his firm could be interested
  - But we'd need to look like we could fund stuff
  - We can argue some preliminary blueprints might help us get funding from people
  - Brandon: architects in neighborhood might be interested
    - Particularly a guy named Logan
  - As for the one-page plan, Brandon is fine with the 3-year goal being unreasonable
    - Explain the concept of a [BHAG](/BHAG) to anyone who asks about it?
- Figure out the book club stuff
  - *Parable of the Sower* reading group to be established at OryCon?
  - Brandon would like to get together w/ other Portlanders we recruited there, read a couple chapters a week
  - Can also have a conference-call-based one?
  - Regular contact breeds commitment and loyalty
  - Ben: Don't want to only give the book to people who pledge to do this specific thing
- Inviting people to the [Longest Night Festival](/Longest_Night_Festival)
  - Ben has talked to [Art](/Art) and Lewis about it
  - Brandon: invite whole fan clubs from OryCon?
- Other Longest Night Festival details
  - Ben is bringing some music, but not all of it
  - Brandon is working on the invitation formatting
- Work on 2nd chapter of the [SolSeed book](/SolSeed_book)

#### WWWs from last time
- Brandon ... make banner frames with Martin ... by Sunday (done)
- Brandon ... finish the 2nd banner with Shelley ... by Sunday (not done)
  - Design changed: will use plywood frames and incorporate Bob's asteroid ship model
  - Still need to decide details of text, etc.
- Brandon ... get schedule for Orycon with family stuff accounted for ... by Wednesday (see below)
- Brandon ... order parable of the sower books (30) ... by Wednesday (not done, see below)
- Bob ... finish the asteroid ship ... by November 21 (on track)
- Ben ... finish trifold and get 150 of them printed ... by Sunday (not done)
- Ben ... get schedule of availability for Orycon with family stuff accounted for ... by Wednesday (see below)
- Ben ... work with Brandon to finish invitation for Open Space ... by Thursday (done)
- Ben ... finish the village image ... by Friday (done)
- Shelley ... finish the photo slideshow ... by Sunday (basically done)

#### Orycon Booth Schedule
- Friday Evening ... Ben
- Saturday Morning ... Ben
- Saturday Afternoon/Evening ... Brandon
- Sunday ... Brandon & Shelley & Sequoia

#### WWWs for next time
- Shelley ... call Powell's to see if they have 30 copies of Parable of the Sower available
- Ben ... call and ask Mark if he'd like to overlap with us and help man the OryCon booth
- Ben ... print the trifolds (as is)
- Ben ... ping Ted re Triads call since we missed one this past week
- Brandon ... get rattle cans of black paint for plywood (Tuesday)
- Brandon ... print posters (Wednesday)
- Brandon ... "first 30 pledgers" get a Parable of the Sower book (Monday)
- Brandon ... talk with Logan (after OryCon)